At this time of year, we're mostly done outdoors.  We'll be spreading compost in the vineyards.  This is all manual labor, in other words just me, a shovel, and a wheelbarrow.  I anticipate spending a day here and there whenever the weather is not too awful outdoors, for about 2 months.  After that, probably Feb, we'll transition into pruning and propagating new plants for future blocks of grapes.  We'll also be adding irrigation lines to our older blocks as we're seeing sufficient soil drying that we have to irrigate now.  If you're interested in learning about how to manage grapevines, consider joining our pv-helpers email list.

You may be aware of Mike's winter project of vineyard Christmas lights.  Starting in 2020, we have a string of white LED lights on the top wire of each vineyard row.  In 2021 I added a crude multi-color LED screen, that was not dense enough to read from the highway.  (Left photo 2021 - the bright spot in the middle is the screen. right photo 2023).  In 2022, I doubled it's height, but it still wasn't legible from the highway, and had only a few scrolling letters at a time.  This year, it's now 4 times as wide, and the lettering is twice as tall and twice as wide, so it's now very readable!  Be sure to look up the hill towards the vineyard as you pass Lovgreen (northbound) on SR-305 at night to see!  (Video from bottom of driveway here.)